Our War: East Lothian 1914–18
This exhibition examines East Lothian’s contribution to the campaigns of World War One, from the experience of the soldiers and local regiments that served overseas, to the effort on the home front and the effects on the landscape and towns of East Lothian.

Themes
- East Lothian People
- Adventurers and Explorers
- East Lothian Folk
- Artists and Musicians
- John Bellany CBE RA HRSA LLD (1942–2013)
- Robert Noble RA RSA (1857–1917)
- William Darling McKay, RSA LLD (1844–1924)
- William Marshall Brown RSA (1863–1936)
- Patrick William Adam RSA (1852–1929)
- Sir William George Gillies RA RSA (1898–1973)
- Fish (Derek William Dick) (1958– )
- The Haddington Amateur Operatic Society
- Church and Philosophy
- Engineers and Inventors
- Heroes
- Military
- John Penn (1820–86)
- Warrant Officer II Alan Goodwin
- Stobs and the Volunteers
- Captain the Reverend James Kirk MA MC CF
- Alexander Carrick (1882–1966) RSA, FRBS
- East Lothian men at Waterloo (I)
- Major Walter Waring (1876 – 1930)
- Private Jackie Reid
- General Sir Francis John Davies and Lord John Alexander Elphinstone
- The Napoleonic Navy and East Lothian
- East Lothian men at Trafalgar
- East Lothian men at Waterloo (II)
- East Lothian men at Waterloo (III)
- General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet of Dunbar and Port Sudan (1861-1953)
- Movers and shakers
- Arthur James Balfour (1848–1930)
- Alexander of Haddington, King of Scots
- The Falls of Dunbar (1692–1796)
- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun – The Patriot (1655–1716)
- Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank
- Dr. George Harley
- Countess Ada de Warenne
- James Smith Richardson LLD (1883-1970)
- John Cockburn (1695 – 1758)
- Sports
- Writers
- East Lothian Places
- Settlements & Sites
- Parishes
- Dunbar Parish
- Oldhamstocks Parish
- Innerwick
- Pencaitland
- Stenton
- Spott Parish
- Fala and Soutra Parish
- Aberlady Parish
- Athelstaneford Parish
- Bolton Parish
- Dirleton Parish
- Garvald
- Gladsmuir
- Humbie Parish
- Inveresk
- Morham Parish
- North Berwick Parish
- Haddington Parish
- Ormiston Parish
- Prestonkirk
- Prestonpans Parish
- Saltoun
- Tranent
- Whitekirk
- Whittingehame
- Yester
- Towns & Villages
- Sites of interest
- Parishes
- Places to visit
- Settlements & Sites
- East Lothian Times
- East Lothian Subjects
- Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016
- Art, culture & communication
- Economy
- Friendly societies
- Sailors’ Societies
- East Lothian Industries
- Incorporations
- The East Lothian Bank
- Smuggling in East Lothian
- House & home
- Leisure
- Society
- Transport & travel
- War, battles & military
- The Military System in East Lothian 1790–1850
- The Lothians and Border Horse
- The Military System In East Lothian 1846–1914
- A Prince in Prestonpans
- The Military System in East Lothian 1600 – 1790
- The Landscape in War
- The Lothians – Training for war
- The Napoleonic Garrison in East Lothian
- East Lothian and Waterloo, an Overview
- Dunbar 1650
- World War One Memorials
- Aberlady World War One Memorial
- Athelstaneford World War One Memorial
- Bolton World War One Memorial
- Cockenzie World War One Memorials
- Crookston World War One Memorial
- Dirleton World War One Memorial
- Dunbar World War One Memorials
- East Linton World War One Memorials
- Elphinstone World War One Memorial
- Garvald World War One Memorial
- Gladsmuir World War One Memorial
- Gullane World War One Memorial
- Haddington World War One Memorials
- Innerwick World War One Memorial
- Morham World War One Memorial
- Musselburgh World War One Memorials
- North Berwick World War One Memorials
- Oldhamstocks World War One Memorial
- Ormiston World War One Memorial
- Pencaitland World War One Memorial
- Prestonpans World War One Memorial
- Saltoun World War One Memorial
- Spott World War One Memorial
- Stenton World War One Memorial
- Tranent World War One Memorials
- Whitekirk & Tyninghame World War One Memorials
- Whittingehame World War One Memorial
- Yester World War One Memorial
- World War One in the Lothians
- The Lothians during World War One (I)
- The Lothians during World War One (II)
- The Lothians during World War One (III) – Mobilisation
- The Lothians during World War One (IV) – A Squadron, continued
- The Lothians during World War One (V) – A Squadron, 1915
- The 8th (Territorial) Battalion the Royal Scots in World War One
- Supporting the Troops during World War One
- Airships over the Bass, Torpedoes in Belhaven Bay
- World War Two in the Lothians
- Land Girl Betty Craig tells her story
- Land girl Betty Craig’s story part 2
- Land Girl Betty Craig’s story, part 3
- Land Girl Betty Craig’s story, part 4
- Land Girl Betty Craig’s story, part 5
- Land girl Betty Craig’s story, part 6
- Land girl Betty Craig’s story, part 7
- Land girl Betty Craig’s story, part 8
- Land girl Betty Craig’s story, part 9
- Land Girl Betty Craig tells her story
- East Lothian Images
- Events
Collections Base Sub Pages Auto Menu
- Exhibitions
- Deeds Not Words – 100 years of the Rural
- Deeds Not Words: 100 years of the Rural – Panels
- Deeds Not Words: 100 Years of the Rural – Objects
- Treasures from the Hoard
- Robert Noble Centenary Exhibition: Painting the Landscape of East Lothian
- East Lothian Visual Artists and Craft Makers Awards – A Retrospective Exhibition (2015 – 2018)
- The land, the sea, the people (exhibition)
- Best Days of Your Life? Education in East Lothian
- Our War: East Lothian 1914–18
- The King, the Queen and the Vicious Strumpet: exhibition
- Footprints in the Landscape: exhibition
- The Curling Stone with an H and the formation of East Linton Curling Club
- East Lothian Visual Artists and Craft Makers Awards – A Retrospective Exhibition
- Interactive exhibition events at the John Gray Centre
- Georgina Bown, ‘Etching 2’
- Ross Combe, ‘Scree, debitage’
- Anna Davis, ‘Flies dream in circles’
- Lucy Dunce, Untitled
- Karen Gabbitas, Still from ‘Walk’
- Susie Goodwin, ‘Light beams’
- Richard Gregory, ‘Looking north’
- Kate Henderson, ‘Summer shadows’
- Susan Mowatt, ‘Woven lines in yellow, grey, black and white’
- Jan Pottinger-Glass, Triptych
- Ettie Spencer, ‘Whose waves?’
- Leo Starrs-Cunningham, Triptych
- Louise Stewart, Untitled
- Amy Winstanley, ‘Immersed 3’
- Sporting East Lothian (2012)
- Living by the Sea and The Fabric of Life